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Has Your Dog Got a Pet Passport?
Pet passports
Similar to our human versions, your pet’s passport will detail your pet’s identity (picture included), have their vaccination history and also contain details of whether they’ve been treated for ticks and tapeworms.
To qualify for the scheme, stringent conditions must be met:
Dogs must be microchipped before they travel.
Rabies vaccinations are compulsory. This includes if your pet has already been vaccinated, no chances are taken where rabies is concerned and after your dog has been vaccinated a blood test must be carried out to ensure they have adequate protection.
Your dog must have an EU pet passport. Get this from your vet.
Before your pet leaves the country they must get treatment to prevent ticks and tapeworms. This must happen within a tight time frame, so your vet will advise.
Arrange for your dog to travel with a recognised transport company on an authorised route – these are listed on the DEFRA website. That way all the animals they come into contact with have received the same treatment and kept to the conditions of travel.
Do dogs need travel insurance?
Travel insurance is a good idea if you don’t want to end up lumbered with a big vet bill, or trying to figure out how to get your pet home because you have little or no money. Most ‘covered for life’ pet insurance plans have travel insurance.
As with all things, read the small print before you sign on the dotted line, all sorts of conditions can apply, for example, you may only be covered when you travel to agreed countries. Get your insurer to explain exactly what that means to avoid misunderstandings and huge bills later.
Travel insurance will include:
Vet fees – however, there is a limit to what’s covered.
Emergency repatriation – if your dog is ill or injured abroad this will pay to get him home. Usually it will pay up to £500.
Holiday cancellation fee – if you have to cancel or cut short a holiday because your pet has gone missing, is injured or starts to show signs of an illness, you may get some travel and accommodation costs back.
Lost paperwork – if you lose the paperwork and you need to get your dog back into the UK, this will cover the cost of getting duplicates and the cost of quarantine.
Pet passports
Similar to our human versions, your pet’s passport will detail your pet’s identity (picture included), have their vaccination history and also contain details of whether they’ve been treated for ticks and tapeworms.
To qualify for the scheme, stringent conditions must be met:
- Dogs must be microchipped before they travel.
- Rabies vaccinations are compulsory. This includes if your pet has already been vaccinated, no chances are taken where rabies is concerned and after your dog has been vaccinated a blood test must be carried out to ensure they have adequate protection.
- Your dog must have an EU pet passport. Get this from your vet.
- Before your pet leaves the country they must get treatment to prevent ticks and tapeworms. This must happen within a tight time frame, so your vet will advise.
- Arrange for your dog to travel with a recognised transport company on an authorised route – these are listed on the DEFRA website. That way all the animals they come into contact with have received the same treatment and kept to the conditions of travel.
Do dogs need travel insurance?
Travel insurance is a good idea if you don’t want to end up lumbered with a big vet bill, or trying to figure out how to get your pet home because you have little or no money. Most ‘covered for life’ pet insurance plans have travel insurance.
As with all things, read the small print before you sign on the dotted line, all sorts of conditions can apply, for example, you may only be covered when you travel to agreed countries. Get your insurer to explain exactly what that means to avoid misunderstandings and huge bills later.
Travel insurance will include:
- Vet fees – however, there is a limit to what’s covered.
- Emergency repatriation – if your dog is ill or injured abroad this will pay to get him home. Usually it will pay up to £500.
- Holiday cancellation fee – if you have to cancel or cut short a holiday because your pet has gone missing, is injured or starts to show signs of an illness, you may get some travel and accommodation costs back.
- Lost paperwork – if you lose the paperwork and you need to get your dog back into the UK, this will cover the cost of getting duplicates and the cost of quarantine.